Hi.
That was the case with mine as well. I had to buy the wall wart
separately. On the other hand, when I bought my TW-2, it was included. Go
figure. It was either that, or AES just sent the wall wart along because
they were trying to clear their inventory--I'm not sure which was the case.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 02:38 PM 10/2/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>Tom,
>
>When I bought my tw-1 from them a few months back, there was no wallwort
>included, just the cable with the bared wires.
>
>Don
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:37 PM
>Subject: Re: several TW1 questions
>
>
> > Well, John, I ordered the wallwart anyway, since the description on
> > the
> > W4RT web site didn't indicate that a power cable would be provided.
> > ... It
> > was only an extra $12.
> >
> > I do like your idea, though of hooking it directly to the Astron, so
> > I'll
> > just have to see what comes with it and go from there.
> >
> > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: several TW1 questions
> >
> >
> >>I don't know why, but some people got it with a wallwart plug, others,
> >>like
> >> myself got it with a power cable with the right connector for the
> >> tuner on
> >> 1
> >> end and bare wires on the other. Naturally, I hooked it to my Astron
> >> power
> >> supply with everything else in my station. Personally I think it's
> >> better
> >> that way anyway, let chance of a ground loop by my way of thinking,
> >> and
> >> based on that, you can run it on a battery if you wanted to. I leave
> >> mine
> >> hooked up 24/7, the TW2 I don't, because I have too much loss on UHF
> >> as it
> >> is and that's just more, but the TW1, I leave in line all the time.
> >> You
> >> could run the full 100 watts through it for tuning if you wanted to,
> >> but
> >> it
> >> could be hard on the radio that way. No more than with out it,
> >> though.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:01 AM
> >> Subject: several TW1 questions
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi, folks.
> >>>
> >>> I think I'll be getting my new TW1 today, and I just have a few
> >>> questions
> >>> I
> >>> want to be clear on before trying to use it. I know these questions
> >>> are
> >>> elementary, but I just want to be sure I'm on the right track with a
> >>> few
> >>> things:
> >>>
> >>> 1. From the manual, I assume the TW1 is powered only by AC power,
> >>> using
> >>> the
> >>> recommendedWalwart supply. Is that correct? In other words,
> >>> there's no
> >>> provision to use it with batteries?
> >>>
> >>> 2. Would I be able to keep the TW1 in line at all times, rather
> >>> than
> >>> having
> >>> to connect and re-connect it to take needed measurements? I believe
> >>> the
> >>> answer is yes, but I just want to be sure.
> >>>
> >>> 3. Finally, can I use the TW1 at the full 100 watts for tuning
> >>> purposes?
> >>> Again, I think the answer here is yes, but I remember the old days
> >>> of the
> >>> Conway tuning aids where if you used 100 watts to tune, all sorts of
> >>> interesting things happened, including letting the smoke out of the
> >>> unit.
> >>> (grin)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for putting up with these questions. I just want to be sure
> >>> I
> >>> start
> >>> off on the right foot here.
> >>>
> >>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >>
> >
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